Originally Posted by
jk2317
Finally, the ATL-UIO leg is a 5h 30m flight. UIO-ATL is 9h 05m! What's with the 3.5 hour difference on a north/south route? The long flight departs at 11pm, so it's kind of nice to arrive at 8am instead of 4:30am. Is that why? So they just throttle back? Fly a less crowded route?
The longer flight time is due to a stop in GYE; DL's Ecuador flight is a circle trip ATL-UIO-GYE-ATL. IIRC, thru pax do not deplane in UIO but must leave the plane and reboard in GYE.